March 2011
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Grooveshark: Grooveshark Events @ SXSW! →
grooveshark:
Grooveshark and some awesome partners are bringing it this SXSW. We’ve got shows, parties, and tons more—be sure to come find us.
March 14th: Grooveshark and Thrillist take over SXSW with a show at Antone’s. We’re featuring The Hood Internet, The Royal Bangs, and Hugo! Show starts at 10.
March 16th:
January 2011
1 post
Grooveshark: UPDATED: Groovebud: Remote Control... →
grooveshark:
Update Update: Looks like it’s working now. Fully close and restart Chrome and play with Groovebud to your heart’s content.
I just want to say that this Chrome extenstion is awesome. It takes any phone that can read/scan QR codes (or has a decent mobile browser) and turns it into a mobile…
August 2010
1 post
"We are what we repeatedly do." - Aristotle
environminimalist:
Who are you?
Are you a checked facebook profile, a late appointment, an excuse, a dissatisfying job, procrastination, a consumer, a poor line of communication, popular entertainment, fast food, traffic, lost patience, an unkind interaction, a frown, a debt, the slightest white-lie, harmless gossip, insincerity, a justification, a dwelling thought, a regret, an...
January 2010
1 post
Top 20 Favorite Albums of 2009
It’s that time of year again. Instead of a “best of,” I believe we are all better served by a list of favorites that shaped the way we live our lives. In 2009, there were some pieces of music that really challenged me. I met those challenges, deconstructing every song and reassembling it in my head. Sometimes, I made new arrangements of the songs for my personal enjoyment because...
September 2009
2 posts
“Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor’s creed has lent....”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Irony and Art
So I have all these songs written in a pad I got at a corporate meeting venue in New York, which smacks of ridiculous irony. As I worked for a record company, the meeting concerned how to establish better business relationships with music retailers.
So now that the songs are down on this pad with which the meeting rooms and conference centers were fully stocked, is it time to go ahead and start...
August 2009
1 post
theviolenceofhandcrafteddolls:
this is a song...
June 2009
1 post
"If private insurers say that the marketplace...
Seriously. If the government cannot run anything well according to those against public healthcare plans, then how are those very same people worried that this poorly run system will be too much competition for the private insurers. The argument seems convoluted and doesn’t pass a simple logic test. Will someone please explain to me how this argument works or why it is legitimate?
May 2009
2 posts
"prolonged detention"???
You’ve got to be kidding me. The guy I voted for to be the president just made my worse fears come true. He’s afraid to release terrorism suspects into the justice system because it might acquit those who the government believes are guilty. What’s the point of a justice system then? The very point of a justice system is to establish innocence or guilt in a suspect. Our president...
“the President instructed us that nothing we would do would be outside of our obligation, legal obligations under the convention against torture… and so by definition, if it was authorized by the President, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture.” Dr. Condoleeza Rice
This is one of the most ridiculous and disturbing statements on which I have ever laid eyes or...
April 2009
3 posts
Here’s the song for you people that...
“One night in early spring 1971 I drove to the beach, parked the car, and walked...”
– Brian Wilson on his emotional state when he wrote the song Surf’s up, which I just blipped on twitter
March 2009
17 posts
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Ken Russell Films
So I saw a movie in my late teens/early 20s called Altered States that blew my mind.
This past Saturday night I attended an event called “an evening with Ken Russell” at the Florida Film Festival. He and the screenwriter for Crimes of Passion were there to screen the original directors cut of the film, which was censored and chopped to bits upon its US release making it flaccid. Ken...
Sandhill Cranes
As you may or may not know, Jackie and I are making a record with some friends under the moniker Sandhill Cranes. The songs are ready go. Tracking has begun. Can’t wait to get this thing in full gear. We’ve got an incredible group of people offering their help for this project. and I have high expectations. Stay tuned :)
Eric Schecter explains why some are so terrified... →
Eric Schecter of Clickbooth offers different explanations/excuses of why companies refuse to use social media marketing as a tool. Since Eric and I are both social media advocates, we see eye to eye here. This is a fantastic read.
Phoenix
The new album by Phoenix is absolutely fantastic. It’s a little over-compressed/ear-fatigue inducing. However, this french young man is writing some of the best power pop you will hear.
College Baseball
I spent the majority of the day yesterday watching my younger brother play college baseball and will do the same today. I have not watched him play since he was 14 years old, so the level at which he plays now really came as a shock. Since they still have a foot of snow on the ground in Massachusetts, his entire conference is down here in Florida playing baseball. It really makes me appreciate the...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52A44... →
From tumblr to twitter to facebook my messages go.
Iran test-fires new missile: media →
“A top Iranian military commander last week said that Iranian missiles could now reach Israeli nuclear sites. Iran has often said it has missiles able to reach the Jewish state but had not previously mentioned such specific targets.”
Israel and the US have said they can take out Iranian nuclear sites that have not been proven to be for military use - only speculated to be. Israel,...
http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/ →
Hilarious and true.
out of time song idea demo… bridge will be...
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,...”
First Time
This is my very first time… It hasn’t lived up to the hype… maybe I’ll get the hang of this :)